Abstract
Raymond Williams
Keywords:A Vocabulary of Culture and Society (rev. and expanded edn)
London: Flamingo, 1983 (ISBN: 0 0065 4021 X), 349 pp.
Tony Bennett, Lawrence Grossberg and Meaghan Morris (eds)
New Keywords:A Revised Vocabulary of Culture and Society
Oxford: Blackwell, 2005, £16.99 pbk (ISBN: 0 631 22569 2), xxvi + 427 pp.
In 1976 Raymond Williams published an article in this journal called ‘Developments in the Sociology of Culture’. Far from being an introductory primer, it practised Williams’s well-honed combination of critical exegesis and assessment of likely future prospects. Williams advised watching closely developments in research around ‘signs’ and ‘sign systems’ as a likely clustering point in the next phase of the sociology of culture. He chided sociologists for the lack
of development of a sociology of sign systems.
Keywords:A Vocabulary of Culture and Society (rev. and expanded edn)
London: Flamingo, 1983 (ISBN: 0 0065 4021 X), 349 pp.
Tony Bennett, Lawrence Grossberg and Meaghan Morris (eds)
New Keywords:A Revised Vocabulary of Culture and Society
Oxford: Blackwell, 2005, £16.99 pbk (ISBN: 0 631 22569 2), xxvi + 427 pp.
In 1976 Raymond Williams published an article in this journal called ‘Developments in the Sociology of Culture’. Far from being an introductory primer, it practised Williams’s well-honed combination of critical exegesis and assessment of likely future prospects. Williams advised watching closely developments in research around ‘signs’ and ‘sign systems’ as a likely clustering point in the next phase of the sociology of culture. He chided sociologists for the lack
of development of a sociology of sign systems.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1209-1215 |
| Journal | Sociology |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Dec 2006 |
| Externally published | Yes |